Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 27, 1882, Page 4

4 The Omaha Bee Puablished , exoept Sunday, The onty Mm :‘:r:m daily, 4 TEKMS BY MATL — Ome Tsar.....810.00 | Three Months, $8.00 Bix Mont 5. One . 1 [HE WEEKLY BEE, published ev. ery Wednesday. TERMS POST PATID:— One Year......82.00 | ThreeMonths., 50 $ix Months.... 1.00 | One “w 20 CORRESPUNDENCE—AIl Communi- sations relating to News and Editorial mat- ers should be addressed to the Eprror or TrE Ber BUSINESS LETTERS—AIl Business Letters and Remittances should be ad fressed to THE OMAHA PusLisuing Cou- PANY, OMAHA, Drafts, Checks and Post- sffice Orders to be made payable to the order of the Company, — OMAHA PUBLISHING 00., Prop's. Tae piteous whine of Datus re- minds one of a dog whose narrative has been saturated with turpentine Omana does not object to free ad: vertising, except when it 18 mali- ciously given, at the expense of her reputation. ArBITRATION and the co-operative . system are two remedies proposed by the Knights of Labor for the preven- more valuable as the 30th of June ap- vroaches, The market will close just about that time. Taz official mourning season is over Morarizing monopoly managers are curious creatures, Mr. Vander- bilt, whose immense fortune has been secured by watering stocks and plun- dering the public, is very indignant against the men who get up ‘‘grain corners.” He thinks it an outrageous wreng that a few men should have it in their power to so increase the price of staple articles as to prevent their distribution, which proceedings he denounces as virtually taking the bread out of the poor men's mouth. Mr. Vanderbilt is correct. His sensi- ble views upon.the subject are the re- ult of a decrease in receipts from grain on the New York Central road, due to the Chieago ‘‘corners” on that article. His own ox is gored and this sudden fit of morality is the result. But let Mr, Vanderbilt give us some remarks upon ‘‘corners” in railroad stocks with which he is much better acquainted. Let him denounce as emphatically that liberal injection of water into Harlem & New York Cen- tral uppn which - the commerce of this country has been paying di dends for years. Let him throw a lit- tle light upon his attorney's expenses 'k UMAHA DALY BLE: MONDAY MARCH 27 iob2 OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The diplomatic relations of the vari- ous continental powers have not ma- terially changed during the past week. Skobeloff, who is naturally looked upon as the exponent of the genuine Russ feeiing towards Germany, is re- ceiving a series of enthusiastic ova- tions throughout the empire, and his more cautious utterances are tinged with the same tone of defiance to Teu- tonism, which marked his speech to the Paris students. So far from be- ing disgraced by the czar he has been cordially received, and the rebuke published by the continental journals was probably, if given at all, given only to the press. Meantime dis- quieting rumors continue to disturb Europe. Bismarck is reported as say- ing to a visiting delegation of the Reichstag that all his ‘efforts were necessary to maintain the peace of the continent. The Emperor William strongly opposes any warlike move, but Bismarck’s influence will un- doubtedly make itself felt the moment that he comes to the conclusion that war with Russia is surely threatening, To strike the first blow at an unpre- for bribing the New York legislature, and furnish a list of the manufactur- ing enterprises in Central New York crushed out of existence by the outra- geous discriminations which his giant corporations has practiced since his father first laid the foundations of his immense_fortunes. Taking bread out of poor men's mouths is a crime whether committed by the Armours, of Chicago, or the Goulds, Vanderbilts and Fields of New York. and President Arthur will now have more leisure to devote to cabinet re- organization. TELLER is to step into Secretary Kirkwood's shoes next week. Inci- dentally, Towa has thirteen electoral votes and Colorado only three. Tuae Omaha ‘“mob” of workingmen threatens to bolt the corporation cap- pers and vote for men that don’t wear the brass collar, Mayor Boyd must send for troops. ANY move towards independence from Union Pacific politics on the part of Omaha voters puts the local monopoly organs into hysterical con- vulsions, fully through half a column to recom- mend democratic princtples and bayo- net rule. If persisted in the efforts will rupture its bowels. Tux corporation organ-grinders are frightened to death because there is danger that the next city council will be composed of men who don’t wear the brass collar, VALENTINE'S stalwart Omaha Re. publican goes back on the republican party before it has even held its con- vention and advises republicans to bolt their city ticket and unite with the monopoly democrats in support of men that will represent the railroad interest. This is stalwartism with a veungeance, Tae canal system of Ohio has uot proved a very profitable investment, and the legisiature has before ita proposition authorising the abandon- ment of a part or all of them to the railroads. But the board of publio works has made an elaborate report against the schedule on the ground that they hold the railroads in check as to freight rates. E—————— ANoTHER starling discovery has been made—A National Press dis- patch from Bt. Paul announces that Dennis Kearney was the instigator of the Omaha strike. Up to the present time we had innocently supposed that Rosewater was the man, although it was known that during the first two weeks of the trouble he was some 1,600 miles distant from Omaha. Couxncin BLurrs is to be congratu- lated on the murked improvement of the Nonpareil which appeared as a metropolitan six column quarto Sun- day morning. The publishers have shown great enterprise in venturing upon the enlargement and their effort will doubtless be appreciated. While the Bex is gratified at the prosperity of its contempory, it may justly claim some credit for paving the way for metropolitan journalish on both sides ef the Missouri. ——— SUGAR cane production in the Uni- ted States has steadily increased since the close of the war, In 1879 the production of sugar reached 179,000 and of molasses nearly 17,000,000 gallons. This is & remark- able increase over the amount re- ported in 1870, when 87,000 hogsheads of sugar and 6,000,000 gallons of mo- lasses were produced. But the present yield does not compare so favorably with that returned by the census of 1860, which was 231,000 hogsheads of sugar and 15,000,000 gallons of mo- lasses, The bulk, both of sugar and molasses, is the production of Louisi- ans. Inthe present census return® Missouri is credited with nearly 11,000,000 gallons of molasses and more than 131,600 hogsheads of sugar. 1ta production of the former article *has nearly trebled since 1870, and of the latter more than doubled. ‘ illustrated paper which prints pictures of western towns as premiums for securing subscriptions to their daily, has published an Omaha supplement, in which, with two excep- tions, eyery illustration is stolen bodily from Tur Bre's last annual supplement. The Douglas county court house and a bank, neither of which are above ground, are the ex- ceptions noted. Accompanying the illustrations is a description of Omaha which must be very flattering to the local pride of our citizens. Omaha is described as ‘“tumbleéd upon the hills and bluffs and clinging in all sorts of shapes to the hillside,” while the reader is told that if he drops upon the city during the annual spring thaws or during one of the oc- casional ‘‘break-ups’ that occur at regular intervals,'fyou will conclude that Omaha mud has no bottom and unite with the merchants of the oity in curses not loud but deep.” Thisis advertgsing with a vengeance, and must be grateful to the firms who were foolish enough to pay a round sum for the second-hand 1illustrations and worse than second-hand letter pross, under the impression that they were to set forth Omaha’s eommercial and residence advantages. 1n fact, enterprises of the kind under consid- eration are the poorest and most ex- pensive of inves‘ments for advertis- ers. The paper has a smaller circula- tion than Tur Dary Bee, and dis- tributes less than one-fourth thenum- ber cf cepies citculated by the las Bee. supplement. There are .always some men who, failing to see the ad- vantages of patronizing local firms, throw away twice the amount of money in foreign and worthless insti- tutions, A New York —— A very intelligent mechanic and builder of this city informed the Herald last evening that he already had lost a thousahd dollars in conse- quence of the strike here, The same tood authority says it is within his nowledge that between $400,000 and $600,000 worth of contemplated im- Emvuxpenm have been abandoned in he city this year from the same cause, — Herald As usual, the Herald aangenlm.’ Omaha has built many air castles on paper every winter, which wére aban- doned every spring. If all the plans our architects have drawn during the last ten years had been put into brick and mortar, Omaha would to- day be a city capable of housing a population of 100,000, Those who build palatial blocks on paper every winter have to invent some pretext for abandoning their contemplated im- provements, As a matter of fact, there are .two reasons why many paver blocks costing in the aggregate $400,000 to $500,000 vill remain on paper for a few years longer. Mirst, the real estate gamblers are making too much money out of unimproved lots to invest in brick and mortar. econd, as long as a certain olass of capitalists can rent their tinder boxes to prostitutes and gamblers for double what a brick block would yield from respectable business, they don't pro- pose to invest in brick and mortar, — Tue Omaha Herald speaks in very commendatory terms of Mr. Valen- tine for his action in retaining the troops in Omaha during the riot, and contrasts him with Senator Van Wyok considerably to that gentleman's dis- credit. ‘t('lo:mge from a democratic source it is reciated. — [ W Point Republiu&u,‘pp (Weat Benator Van Wyck has never sought commendation at the hands of The Herald, and we know he prefers that such favors should be reserved exclu- sively for Valentine and other monop- oly stool pigeons. Senator Van Wyck kuows that the favor of The Herald has always been political death to any republican. pared adversary has always been the policy of the wily chancellor. With an army which requires only nine days to be in marching order, and twice that number of days to send 700,000' men across the Russian fron- tier, the advantage of early offensive measures is manifest. It took Russia at the beginning of the Turkish war nearly sx months to put her armies in campaign. In the event of a general conflict, it is very evident that Germany and Austria will make common cause, and it is equally clear that such a league would only be at- tacked by France and Russia togeth- er. ltaly, both from race, religion, and hatred of the Hapsburg dynasty, would naturally join the Franco-Rus- sianalliancs, but at present she shows no liking for her Latin neighber. The French invasion of Tunis has created so much bitterness and jeal- ousy that many Italian statesmen would glacly embrace an opportunity to resjore the prestige of Italy in Northern Africa, at the expense of France, and seek in Tunis the ag- grandizement which must necessarily be abandoned in Trieste. Recent ut- terances prove that such a tnrn in af- fairs is not only looked upon as pos- pible in Rome, but regarded with much favor. ‘While it takes a majority of either the senate or the house of representa- tives of onr congress to constitute a quorum to du business, the presence of forty members only is sufficient for ® valid sitting of the house of com- mons, And yet the whole number of persons entitled to seats is between 600 and 700, the greater part of whom are habitually absent except on occasions of unusual oconsequence. When a party division is expected the “whips,” as they are called, have to be restore to rally the absentees. On some of these divigions the atten- dance is very nearly full, although there are not seats for much more than half of them, the idea in the con- struction of the accommoda- tions having been that sitting room for three-fourths of the members would be enough. This makes the assemblage rather undigni- fied and tumultumous, but the emer- gencies which call for these crcwds are exceptional. When the emergen- cies arise, however, the leaders of the opposing parties find but little trouble in rallying their adherents for the struggle. The custom of the Liberal “‘whip"” has been to call his men to- gether for occasions of this sort by means of a circular ‘‘earnestly re- questing” their attendance. Sir Wilfred Lawson said of this a fow years ago that if the word ‘‘earnestly” were not underscored it meant that there was some important political business which might or might not come on that night; if one stroke ap- peared under the word ‘‘earnestly” it signified that the member ought to come; if there were two lines under it it meant that he should come; if three, that he musf come, and 1if four, it meant ‘‘come, or stay at your peril,” Parliament is still dragging its length with very few measures of real importance as yet brought to a pas- sage. At the beginning the govern- ment outlined & programme of almost purely English legislation, Beyond the routine business of supply little has heen accomplished. The Brad. laugh case was dealt with in a spirit of cowardice which will not help the liberals awong the radical branch of the party. The Irish troubles still continue. The expected contest bo tween the lords and tho commons ended in smoke, and the cloture has 80 far failed of passage. Meanwhile, the reforms in the law regulating the transfor, leasing and possession of land, for which the English farmer has 80 long and patiently waited, are put off. An attempt to abolish the law of distress, which gives direct en- couragement to the bad management of farms by making landlords indiffor- ent about the solvency of their ten- ants, has been met by a member of the ministry with the declaration that it had not been proved that the tenant farmers wished the law of distress abolished, and beyond that none of the remedial measures mentioned in the speech from the throne have been a subject of discussion. It would seem, if liberal promises to English tarmers and farm laborers are ever to be kept, that the present is an excep- tionally favorable time for beginning the work. An Assoclated Press dispatoh from the Cily of Mexico states that, accord- ing to the official returns just publish- ed, the receipts of the Vera Cruz cus- tom house for February amounted to 810,056, being $300,000 more then for the same month last year. In es- timating the importance of this - crease the fact must be borne in mind that the very large item of materials carried into the country for railway construction is not included, these materials being entered duty free. This increase, of nearly sixty per cent is therefore an actuil increase of con- sumption in Mexico of other parts of the world— largely of the products of the United States. And it obviously is due to the stimulating effect upon the business of the republic of the American railways. Already nearly three hundred and fifty miles of the National and more than a hundred miles of the Central are open for traffic; and although these are opera- ted in dissevered sections and under great disgdvantages, it is clear that they already are arousing the coun- try to a new and vigorous commercial life. A RECENT report made by the Brit- ish postoftice department shows the working of postal telegraphs by the government to have been of a most satisfactory character during the flscal year ending March 31, 1881. The gross receipts for the yyear amounted to §8,169,430, and the working ex- penses to $5,967,130, which last in- cluded a contribution of $60,000 to a depreciation fund, to replace sub- merged cables. This left a balance of 82,202,400, which is equal to 4.13 per ent. on the total expenditure of $53,- 276,860, As the government does not pay more than 3 per cent. upon this amount, it is evident that the tel- egraphs are yielding a profit to the treasury. This is the first time that the receipts were equal to the pay- ment of interest on capital, and now there is some talk of reducing the charges for telegraphing by the post- office depnrtme.r_lfi_‘ The report of Lieutenant Melville, of the Jeanette, to the secretary of the navy, dated at Yakutsk, Siberia, Jan- uary 6, 1882, and giving news from Captain De Long and his boat’s crew to October 6, 1881, is a very melan- choly record of suffering and death. At the time it was written the latest news from DeLong was nearly three months old, and the crews of Melville and DeLong had been separated for five months. * It seems almost certain that the fourteen men and officers of DeLong's party have perished with hunger and cold in an almost unin- habited arctic wilderness. If General Skobelefl' cared to accept the. challenges to personal combat which have been showered upon him by officers of the German army, he would have all he could attend to for some time. Forty-three Teutons have invited the champion of the Slavs to slake his thirst for gore on the field of honor. The Emper;rWWillT.m cetebrated the eighty-fifth anniversary of his birth on the 22d inst. The occasion was observed with all the pomp and demonstration incident to monarchies. The emperor has reigned for twenty- two years, having ascended the throne n 1860. Tue growing extravagance of the country is making itself felt in the increased burdens laid upon the shoulders of the producing classes. Congress is setting the example, and every legislature and municipality ie following in its wake, What the country needs more than anything else is greater economy in high places. The expenses of running national, state or local governments must.be met by taxation—direct or indirect. The poorer classes pay the largest proportion of our taxes, They pay them in diminished wages, in increased prices for staples, in loss of labor, re- sulting from non-employment. The nation, as a whole, 18 living extravagantly. Our spendihrift class is inoreasing daily i numbers. The demand for luxuries is affecting all other branches of trade, Instead o laying aside a surplus tor hard times, as a people, we are living up to our incomes. Instead of spending our money in employing labor and stimu- latiog healthy production, we are pay- ing out willions to the wanufvctur: vs of foreign luxuries and compelling our own manufacturers to conform to foreign tastes adopted as our own. In the meantime the poor are forced to pay war prices for the necessities of life. Rent, fuel and provisions have advanced in every city of the country. And the pleas of high taxes, increased cost of living and incomes which are no more than enough to meet the demands of the capitalist's purse, are urged as grounds against an increase of \vurkixggman'n wages. It is a seasou of high prices. Thcse high prices are largely the result of our national and individual extrava- ganoe.; 1t was a terrible state of suspense, For three mortal days and night: the managers of the Burlington & Mis- souri railroad in Nebraska were in momentary expectation of an awful catastrophe. A terrible plot had been discovered by a bogus detective. A nitro glycerine cartridge had been secretly smuggled into the coal bunk under headquar ters st Omaha by the dyvamite For three days and nights nobody dared to approach the steam furnace. The half frozen clerks and were frightened well nigh out of their wits, expecting a terrific explosion. They recovered in due time after they realized that they had been victims of a bogus detective. And now another alarm is sounded another dynamite plot is discovered. This time the conspirators have se- cured a dynamite machine with a clock work attachment which is to explode precisely at 7 p. m. on Tues- day, April fourth, at six diflerent points in this city--when the ballot boxes are opene. fiend. porters Sudden Death. Corresdondence of Tin Ban.g < Hiram Hoyt, of Hastings, Iowa, an aged gentleman and an old citizen of wealth, very much respected as a neighbor and extensively known for his liberality in assisting charitable and literary institutions all over the union, and who donated some $400 or $500 worth of books to the library in Council Bluffs, dropped dead while talking with a neighbor in the field last Wednesday. 8TaTHE JOTTINGS. Lincoln talks of a grand opera house, The North Platte Republican takes its Ries with chopsticks, An unknown man was accidentally kill by his horse, near Beatrice, last week. A grand banquet and blowout will be held at the New Windsor hotel at Seward to-night. Rice Kelley, a polished pillar of the church at Exeter, skipped out with $2,000 borrowed money, Plattsmouth’s new fire engine has ar- rived, and the fire boys are hankering for a blaze, The municipal machinery of Platts- mouth cost $3,745.75 for the year ending March 16, 1882, Fremont claims to be the best market for horses in the state, The business foots up $200,000 & year. The population of Butler county is given | in round numbers at 11,000. David City contributes about 1,200, Mr. W. H, McCandish, of Omaha, has located a stock ranch on the Driftwood, Red Willow county, and is now looking up a place of residence in that vicinity, The Atchison Globe says that the B. & M. railroad is still bringing Nebraska corn into Atchison at the rate of twelve cars a day. Two army deserters were captured at Plum Creek last week, and taken to Sid- ney. Th deputy sheriff made $60 out of the catch, The surveyors of the Missouri Pacific railroad reached Wahoo last week, There are great hopes entertained that this road wlll%r:built the coming summer, Clara Pierce. the woman who attempted to end her unmfi career at Nebraska City Iast week by swallowing seven drachms of chloroform, is in a fair way to recover. The seven-year-old son of Mr, Budwig, a Cuming county farmer, fell head foe- most into & tub of hot water during a scuffle and was scalded to death, BThe West Point Butter and Cheese as- socistion has facilities now for making 2! 000 excellent pressed brick per day means of their improved machinery, Articles of incorporation of the Blue Valley bank of Wilber, have been filed with the secretary of state. The capital stock of the corporation consists of 300 shares of 8100 each, During the blizzard last week Bertwell’s mills, situated about three miles north- west of Wilber, caught tire and in an in- credible short time was burced to the ground, Loss, $4,000. A German colony from Towa arrived at Plum Creek last week with several car loads of cattle and implements. They have taken up land oa Buffalo creek, northwest of the town. A creamery is about to be started at eatrice, The citezens have subscribed $500 as & bonus, The establishment will consume the milk of a thousand cows daily. N. R, Chittenden proposes to establish a creamery at Plattsmouth, which will be ready for business in thirty days A notable fact in this connection is that Mr, C. does not ask for bonuses of any kind. One of Seward’s ‘‘high toned” young men suddenly “‘skipped the guttah.” He broke off a matrimonial contract at the eleventh hour, and of course the girl is *‘all broke up.” The Fairfield Herald is one of the new- est and neatest weeklies on our list, Kdi. torially and locally it is the equal of any and superior to many in the state, Sey- mour G, Wilcox is the editor. The Holt County Record has changed its pame by substituting “Banner” for Record, It will be republican not only in name but in word and deed, battling for the rights of the many against the en- croanchments of the moneyed few. Louis Wambsgan, of Custer sounty, has Leen awarded the contract for carrying the United States mail between Plum Creek and Arnold, Custer caunty. The contract cowmen.es Jaly 1, 1882, and ocuntinues four years. Jacob O, Schmidt, a fresh arrival from Ruineland, has declared his intentions and stands a good chance of a job on the new state capitol. He is now unver 81,000 bonds at Columbus for stealing a h rse from a Platte county farmer, Amos Ogden, *'a lank, lean, cadaverous individual,” di rupted the morals of West Poivt by importing a frail female, the re- puted mother of tive fatherless chi dren. Amos found it imlnnniblehnumwrl the tribe and skipped for Council Bluffs, where he is now supposed to be, i Je-sie Or.wiort, who was indicted in Holt county in Febiuary, for wurder in the second degres for the ki lng of Bart- The n w Uhristian churoh recently | ley Kone iu tie unorgadzed tennd oy, | godjogted in Greene precince, Saunders plea i g alty o nsi ughiter aod was sens | s 55 free of dehr, the mewt ere of the enced to five yewes v the pentenuia 3 at (000 00 o subsciivitg whe .« mount, tard Labor. abut $200, on the spet, A | The following suggestion to young mew | | is made vy The Frewont Tribune: *“They say that & young school ma'am from the east has started & creamery with fifty cows at Neligh, and that she does all the wo k herself. There is a good chance for ~ome young man who can’t support hunself and prefers to live without working.” Dave Stephenson, one of the most sub- stantial farmers in Richardson county, settle ' in Nebraska just twenty-four years ago with & pair of oxen, & wagon and §7.50 in money. To-day he hus 5.0 wcres of land, 400 of it under cultivati n, and last year he c-mpluted a brick farm bouse that cost him M.AOO. There is money in Ne- braska farming. I'he Plattsmouth Herald says several railroad surveying parties are meandering Through Cass And Saunders counties. One survey runs from Avoca directly west another runs from Avyoea to Elwood and up to Ashland, while Ashland has two other surveys lead ng into their town over the B. & M.| I, and the other the St. Paul, which is being located. STATE SOCIAL EVENTS. Fifty of Sutton's fair and frolizsome youth masquernded on the 17th, J. P, Nelscn and Miss Annie Sirapson, of Edgar, juined ihe marrie1 throng on the 11th, Thos, Fitzler and Miss Amanda M, Brooks, of Gasper county, were united on toe 12th, Jasper Pemberton has toiled the Belle of Central City. Jasper always wasa Morrill man, Samuel McFarland and Miss Hannah Bowuin were linked at Sutton on the 16th and will pull together on a farm in Madi. son connty, A quiet and select wedding was that of H. B Cushing and Lizzie Smith at Sid- ney on the Loth, Both are estimable mem- bers of Sidney society. The land leaguers of Tecumseh gave a grand hop St Patrick’s night. The attendance was unusually large. About $150 was realize I, The translation Frank Virgil was suc. ce sfully accomplished at Plum Creek on the 11th. Miss Edna S. Fairbank lost her name but gained a lite proector, Mr. Demott Swan, of Tesumseh, is bob. bing around sereaely on the matrimonial sea accompanied by Mrs Mamie Franks, The cornet, band sent them on their way rejoic nfi. Olin Fr zier and Miss Olie Shannon, of Pawnee county, were sealed «n the 16th, They were launched on the troubled seas by a large gathering of friends and well wishers, Mr, and Mrs. Klepser, of Nebraska City, celebrated the fitteenth anniversary of their marriage on the evening of the 20th, Many beautiful momentos of the event were received. The sixteenth anniversary of the birth of Mrs, Odell, mother J. Bliss, at Wood river, was celebrated with 8 so. ial party of friends on the evening of the 12th. Seyeral neat gifts were recsived, Mrs, Alex. Schleisel ot Plattsmouth was happily reminded of the anniverss y of her virthday (the thirty.sixth), ou evening of the ,7th. A large friends and neighbors were present. M. W. Olark, of Tecumseh, stepped over into Nemaha county on the 19th and tied to Miss Mattie Bicknall Oue 1y one the bachelors leave the barren paiths of life for the broad road of biiss, A Nelirh maiden ha« iecured a new Lease of liie und u man of medicine to drive away ail care. D, J. L. Lease and Miss M A. Struble are now enjoying the beautics of tue full robed f,una in the east, The Steding Press bodly asserts that “Girls ough. to know, first of all, that they are the artific ra of ther owu for- tunes.” Y. u can just bet the whole edi- tion that they know all about it. They wind their “plump white arm ” around the owier and the purse, and hang to it till the bottom drops out. Miss Laura Whitcomb, of Wisner, left the home of he purents on the 12th, es. corted by Josiah Penfield, of Madison, Kas., who pledged her his love, liberty and purse forlife. ‘I'he bride was one of the most accomplished an i respected schoul teachers of the county, and her de- parture is much regretted by all. Educational Items." The Nebraska State Teachers’ Asxo i tion will convene ai - rete, March 28, 29 and 30, Seuator Saunders has sent a number of valuable books to_the railroud employes’ library at Nosth Platte, The wiuter terms of country schools have closed. The progress in every in- stance has been unusually flatcering. The second term of the Franklin Acad- emy began on the 20th, The attendance m!intemnt are gradually increasing, Supt. Tipton, of Dawson county, has called a convention of county school offi- cers to meet at Plum Creek, April 7th. The next meeting of Harlan County Teachers’ nssociation will be held at Re- Kuhlicm City, April 8th, Superintendent organ is anxious to secure a large attend- ance, On April 4th the people of Grand Island, will vote on a proposition to issue 815,000 in ten-year 6 per cent bonds for the purpose of aiding in the erection of a Y | fine and commodious public school build- ing on the north side of the track. The building is an_abeolute necessity, and the proposition will no doubt carry, A State normal institute of ten weoks’ duration will be held at Peru, commenc- ing April 5th, The regular institute course will comprsie such outline reviews of the branches required on the different grades of State and county certific.tes, and such drill exercises in the science, art, and most approved methods of teaching as can be acvomplished during a ten weeks' cowse. A c urse of free evening lectures will be given duriog the term, The Papillion Times says the closingex ercises of the town school was a total f: ure, ““Where to luy the blame for this— whether ut the door of the scholars or the exhibition was very pour for the last day of a term cannot be denied. Another fea- ture that goes a long ways toward making a public school successful, and which was prominently deficient on the closivg day is dincié»llnu. But very little government was displayed by the teichers aud the school was continually in an uproar.” The Beatrice schools have an enroll- ment of 533—202 males and 241 females. Supt, Shryock says the advance in the grade of the grammar school “has had the effect to lift up both the lower grades and the high school as well, and by securing better work everywhere, as we have been fortunate in getting one, give a higher character to all the departments, The teachers have seconded my efforts cheer- fully, and have infused into the pupils, I think, a purer and loftier ambition to be- come proficient and broader in their Imnwledf;m The tone of the school isgood, Corporal punishment is a rare exception, and mostly confined to de riving the cul- prits of piivileges.” Religlous Matters, El'er Borrows i« wrestling with the wicked at Waterloo, I'he Baptists of Grafton to the number of fourteen, have organized a church, e Rev. W. G. Hawkins, of Lincoln, assumes charge of the Episcepal church at Seward. A baptistry was put an the new Baptist church at B {‘;vur this week. The church is now ¢ mpleted. The M. E, church at Lone Tree isina very satisfactury and progressive state under the ministration -J Rev. bir. oks, pit | This beautiful it of the Prosbyterian Sabbath school of Morrison, Til, In three . ears the Presbyterians have uized no less than fifty-seven church: s Nebraska, with & membership of 919, und have built tweuty-six houses of wor- suip at & cost of $30, 0, A e naw Bpiacopa) chiurah organized at Fairmont is officerea as follows: Senior Warden, O, J, Benton; Junior Warden, A. Church; vestrymen, John P. Maule, C. S. Miller, Martii Auder on, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Oliver, uf Geneva, John Barshy, Stockton, ¢ Bucklin's Arnica Salve, The Best SaLve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheuw, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all skin eruptions, and posis tively cures piles. It is guaranteed to party of | #,00 teache s —it is hard to tell, but that the | B P — HOUSES AND LOTS! For Sale By BEMIS, FIFTEENTH AND DOUGLAS 815 , 178, House 8 rooms, full ‘lot on Pierce rcar outh stroot, gLo0, , House & room lot on Douglas 20th stroct, §100. Eae i 176, Beattiful residonce, full 1ot on Caas near 19th atreet, $12,000, 174, Two' houses and § lot on Dodee near 9th strcet, 4100, 176, House throe rooms, two closets, otc., halt 1ot on 21st 1 car Grace stroot, $500, 172, One and one-half story brick house an two lots on Douglas near treet, 81,700, 171, House two rooms, well,cistern, stable, otc tull 10t near Pierco and 13th atrect, §950. 179, One and one-half story house six rooms and well, half lot on Convent strcot near St. Mary’s avenue, 81,850, No. 170, House three rooms on Clinton stroet near shot tower, $325. No. 169, House an1 88x120 foot lot on streot noar Webster stroet, $8,500. No. 168, House of 11 rooms, lot 83x12) fect on 10th n.ar Burt street, $5,000. ‘0N 167, Two story house, 9 rooms 4 elosets, cood cillar, on 16th strect near Poppleton's 165, New house of 6 rooms, half lot en r'10th sireet, §1,860, No. 164, One and one half story house 8 rooms on 18th strcet ear Leaver worth, $8,500. N. 161, One and one-halt story house of & rooms near Hanscom Park, $1,600. No. 168 Two houses 6 rooms each, closets, vt on Burt street near 25th, §8,600. No. 167, housc 6 rocms, ful Lt ~n 19th street nar Leavenworth, §2,400. No. 156, House 4 large rooms, 2 closets Balf acro on Burt stree: near Dut'on, §1,200. No. 166, Two houses, onc of & and one of & rooms, on 17th street near Marcy $3,200. No."164, Three houses, one of 7 and two of & rooms each, and corner 'lot on Casa near 14th stre-t, $5,000. Ne.'168, small house and full lot on Pacific near 12th'stroet, $2,600. No. 161, One story ho'tee 6 roous, on Leaven worth near 16th, 83,000 No. 160, Hougo th-o rooms and lot 92x11 near 26th and Faruhon, $2,500. No, 148, Now house of eight rooms, on 18th street n.ar Leavenworth §8,100. No. 147, House of i3 roomson 18th street near Marcy, 86,000, No. 146, iTouse of 10 10 strect near Marcy, 86,0 No. 145, House two lar. rooms, lot 67x210 tee onShoru A avenue (16th street) noar Nicholas, s and 1} lots on 18th 1600, No 143, House 7 roon«, barn, on 20th street near Leavenwort , 82,0 No, 142, tou e b ro.u streot neat N.caols, +1,% . 141, [ouse 8 ful kitchen, ete., on 16th .. Douglas mear 26th ool t, 8960, .'140, Large houte and two lots, on 24t near Farnham strect, 8,000, No. 189, House 8 rooms, lot 60x166§ fcer, Douglas near 27th street, $1,600. No. 187, House 6 rooms and half lot on Capito avenus near 23d screet, $2,500. No. 136, House and half acre lot on Cuming street near 24th 8850, No. 181, House 2 rocms, full lot, on lzard nesn 21t street, 3800, No. 129, Two houses one of 6 and one of 4 rooms, on leased lot on Webster near 20th street, ,500. No, 127, Tvo story Webster near 19th §3, No, 126, House 8 rooms, lot 20x130 feet on h strect near Douglas, $675. No, 125, Two story house on 12th near Dodge street lot 28x60 feet 81,200, N Large house and full block near Farnham and Central street, $8, No, 123, House 6 rooms and large lot on Saun- house 8 rooms, half lot on 500, ders street near Barracks, §2,100. No. 122, House 6 rooms and half lot on Web- ster near 15th street, 81,600, No. 118, House 10 rooms, lot 80x90 feet on Capitol avenue near 22d strcet, $2,050, o. 117, House 8 rooms, lot 30x12 feet, on Capitol avenue near 224 81,500, No. 114, House 8 rooms on Douglas near 20th troet, 8750, No. 113, House 2 rooms, lot 66x99 feot on near Cumi g street, 8760, No. 112, Brick house 11 rooms and half ot on 189 near Lith street, $2,800. No. 111, House 12 roomsjon [Davenport nea 02th strect, §7,0 0. No. 110, Brick houss and lot 22x182 fee on Cass strect near 15th, 83,000, No. 108, Large house on Harney near itth are.t, 86,600, No 109, Two houses and 86x1 83 near 14th street, §,500, No. 107, House 6 rooms and half lot on Izar near 17th str. et, §1,200. +0. 106. House aiud lot 61x198 feet, lot on 14th near Pierce street, $000. No. 105, Two story house 8 rooms with 1} lot on Seward near Saunders street, §2,800, No. 108, One and one half story house 10 rooms Webster near 16th street, $2,500. No. 102, Two houses 7 rooms each and § lot oo Tith near Chicago, 4,0 0. No, 101, House 8 rooms, cell x, etc., 1} lots on South avenue near Pacific streo , §1,650. No. 100, House 4 rooms, cellaf, etc., half lot on Izard street near 16:h, $2,000, No. 99, Very large house and full lot on Har ney near 14th street, §9 000, No, 97, Large house of 11 rooms on Sherman aventie near Clark street, make an offer, No. 96, One and one half story house 7 rooms lot 240x401 feet, stable, etc., ob Sherman ave- nue near Grace, 87 (00. No. 92, Large brick house two lots on Daven- port street near 19th $18,000, No. 90, Large house and full lot on Dode near 18th strect, §7,000. No. 89, Large hause 10 rooms half lot on 20th ear California street, §7,600 No, 88, Large house 10 or 12 rooms, beautifal corner 1ot on Cass near 20th, $7,000. No. 87, Two story house 8 rooms b _acres 0 1and on Ssundors street near Barracks, $2,000. No. 85 Two_stores and & resiocnce on leased half lot,near Mason and 10th street, $500. No. 84, Two story hou'e & rooms, closets, ¢1c., with 6 acres of ground, on Ssunders street near Omaha Barracks, $2.500 No. £, House of 9 roos, halt lot on Capitol avenue near 12th streot, 82, o 82, Oue and one half story I ouse, 6 rooms ull lot ob Pierce near 20th streét, $1,800. No, 81, 'wo 2 story houses, one of 9 and one 6 rooms, Chicago St., near 12th, $3,000. No. 80 House 4 rooms, closets, etc., large lob on 15th stre.t ncar Whi works, $1,800. No, 77, Large bouse of 11 rooms, closets, cel- ar, etz., with 1} lot - n Farnham near19th street, 000, No. 76, Or an one-half story house of § rooms, lot 66x8$ feet on Cass near 14th street, $4,600. No. 76, kiouss 4 rooms aud basement, ;lo 16}x152 f-et ou Marcy near 6th street, $075. 0. 74, Large brick house and twe full lots on Davenport uear 16th street, $16,000. No. 13 One and one-half'story house aud lop 36x152 foot on Jac son near 12th street, §1,8%0, No. 72, Larg brick house 11 rooms, full of on Dave port near 16th street, $5,000, No. 71, L arge house 12 roomis, full lot on Cali- foot lot uo ornia néar 20th street, §7,000. No. 65, Stable and 8 full lots 0n ran in street near Saundets, §2,000. No. 64, Two'story frame building, store below and rooms above, on lexed lot on' Doage uear 16th steeet. *800 No. 8, House 4 rooms, basement, etc., lob 91x240 féet on 15th street noar Nail Works, 1,700 0. 62, New house 4 rooms one story, full ot No. 68, House of 7 rooms, ull lot Webster ¢ street, §2,600. oy near 21st street, §1,760. No. 61, Largs house 10 roows, full lot on Bur wear 21s¢ street, 5,000, No. 60, House 8 ro ms, half lot on Devenport near 23d'strect, §1,000. No 60, Four houscs and halt 1ot on Cass near 18th strect §2 600. No_ 12, House rooms avd full loj, Haroey near 20tk strect, §2,000. No, 0, Three houses and full lot on Cass near 14th sireet, $3,200. BEMIS ReaL Estare Acency ive satisfaction or money tefunded, rice, 25 cents per box. For sale by through Stove creek and Tipton, and !Schroter and Becht. 16th and Douglas Street, OMAEA, - - NEB